Boulder will host a USA Ultimate Level II Coach Certification clinic Feb 25-26 2012. If you are a coach or captain consider signing up for this clinic. Level I certification is not required to participate.
Congratulations to the 2011 GRU Fall League Spirit Prize Winners!
Thanks for bringing your best to our league!
A1 Joe Mulder
A2 Jenny Wilson
A3 Kelly Smith
A4 Mark Piper
A5 Austa Parker
A6 Mike D’Onofrio
B1 Jackie Dowd
B2 Carter Cooper
B3 Joe Bucciaglia
B4 Allison Youngblood
B5 Laura Snider
B6 Addie Dove
B7 Anshu Boonapalli
B8 Tee Sivanadyan
B9 Philip Wagner
B10 Brenda Gallagher
This winter GRU will offer an outdoor league on Saturday afternoons. If your aren’t addicted to skiing check out our winter league page for all the details.
Thanks to all these Summer League 2011 Spirit Winners for making league all the better!
B1 Colter Donahue
B2 Jodi Hansen
B3 Kevin Zekis
B4 Brenda Gallagher
B5 David Jackson
B6 Devin Nordson
B7 Nathan Schneider
B8 Samuel Skillman
B9 Adam Bergeron
B10 David Wathen
B11 Courtney Butler
B12 Erin Peden
a1 betsy andrews
a2 Christine Askham
a3 Owen Westbrook
a4 Chrissy Smiley
a5 Matt Tucker
a6 Leah Weston
a7 Jenny Wilson
a8 David Ciarlo
a9 Rebecca Butler
a10 Missy Neville
a11 Maggie Stashak
a12 Jared Shields
Grass Roots Ultimate is proud to announce Pawel Janas as the inaugural recipient of our Spirit Scholarship award. Pawel is an outstanding young athlete exemplifying Spirit of the Game both on and off the Ultimate field. Pawel’s Ultimate experience includes several seasons of GRU leagues (after being recruited by Pawel’s neighbor and league player Jenifer Martin), captaining the Boulder High Ultimate team (HULA), and participating with the Colorado Youth Club Championship team (Cutthroat) where he was named 2nd Team All-States for 2011. In addition to Pawel’s dedication to playing the game, he has made himself an invaluable member of the local Ultimate community through his volunteer efforts which include coaching for the Grass Roots Ultimate Program for Youth (GRUPY) as well as assisting with the 2010 Colorado Cup, 2010 Grand Masters & Women’s Masters Championships and 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships.
Away from Ultimate Pawel has proven himself as an exemplary student with an interest in applied mathematics. Pawel graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boulder High and received several distinctions (Council of Teachers of Mathematics Award, Outstanding Performance National French Exams, National Merit Finalist, AP Diploma Recipient, AP Scholar with Distinction). He will be studying at the University of Colorado Boulder beginning in the Fall of 2011. We are confident that Pawel will continue to be an asset to the sport of Ultimate and we are proud to support his education through our Spirit Scholarship award.
Grass Roots Ultimate is very proud to announce that we raised $12,576 for YSI at GRUB 2011!
Thanks to all who played!
Having 32 teams is the first step in meeting our fundraising goals and it makes for an action packed weekend.
Extra thanks to:
Thanks again all!
See you next year.
Grass Roots Ultimate would like to send a huge Thank You to Jeff VanSpriell!
Jeff has volunteered for GRU for many years – he has coordinated leagues and tournaments and consistently jumped in to help other GRU volunteers when he saw the need. He served on the board starting in 2009, overseeing our leagues and tournaments.
Jeff is leaving us for the east coast to be closer to family. He will be missed as a friend, teammate and GRU compatriot.
Jeff – We hope you take your great humor and spirit to a new Ultimate community, and visit us as often as you can!
Thanks!
Congratulations to “Boom Goes the Dynamite” from Colorado Springs, CO, winners of GRASS 2011! Congratulations also to runners-up “The Bob Loblaw Law Blog” from Minnesota, fan favorites Durango, and all of the other teams (and weather) who made GRASS 2011 a resounding success. See everyone next year, and get your bids in early!
"Boom Goes the Dynamite" (red), Champs and "The Bob Loblaw Law Blog" (white), Runners-up
Congratulations to the following players – voted as the most spirited player on their spring league team!
A1 Hannah Jones
A2 Mark Piper
A3 Austa Parker
A4 Hank Cary
A5 Brandon Jansma
A6 David Kamin
A7 Kate Kestyn
A8 Dan Chao
A9 Kim Hutton
A10 Lily Thaisz
B1 Benny Goldberg
B2 SuBeckah Florczak
B3 Kyle Cutshall
B4 Emily Knowles
B5 Rich Mowery-Evans
B6 Carter Cooper
B7 Donnie Emeson
B8 Melanie Malaspina
You can collect your GRU spirit disc at league this week (or the tournament next week) from your league coordinator.
Thanks for representing what’s best in ultimate!
GRUPY Summer League will be held Monday evenings at Pleasant View this summer! Here are a couple other highlights of this summer’s youth league:
Find out all the details here: GRUPY flyer
